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And the police started banging on the door. of course we didn't know it was the police. so there was a few minutes of confusion and fear not knowing who was banging on the door. the virgin employees were very smart in asking the police to show their i.d.s. they came in. they were amped up, fully ready to find somebody in there. but they were very professional and quickly realized that there was no criminal element in the lounge. so we were locked in there for about an hour. and then finally led down right next to where the law enforcement people killed the shooter. by gate 35. in terminal 3. >...

Trapped in the terminal. they can't immediately egress. there's no emergency exit out onto the tarmac, which i understand was a major problem with some of the people hiding at gate doors waiting to go finally be freed to run jot onto the tarmac. it could have been a terrible terrible tragedy. as bad as it was, i think we're lucky that it was contained so quickly by law enforcement personnel. >> tim, thank you very much. always appreciate your time and analysis. still to come more of our breaking news coverage of the deadly shooting at l.a.x. what we're just learning about the suspect and his m...

And we don't know how many planes might have been sitting there. according to tom fuentes, if he gets past here and gets into the gate area, again could have shot many people in here, could have gone onto a jetway, possibly onto a sitting plane. and tom says that planes that are sitting at these gates often you're able to walk in and the cockpit doors we know that they're secured during flight, closed. but when they're sitting in these areas the cockpit doors are open sometimes with pilots sitting in them. tom laid out a scenario where he could have gotten into one of these planes and possibly...

Many shots there were. we know tsa agents aren't allowed to carry guns. but the shooter obviously had an assault weapon and there were law enforcement who came in and shot him. do you have any recollection of how many shots you heard? >> i would say between 10 and 15, although i didn't keep count. though there were quite a few shots. >> that sounds like what other people are saying, too. >> they moved. because the lounge is as i said on the second floor. and the first two or three shots were sounded like they were coming down the hallway into the wide open round place where the waiting area is...

Clemente, a former fbi counterterrorism unit. this unit running the investigation into the shooting at l.a.x. tim picking up on what brian todd just said, you get through the security point and then really you think about horrible things could have happened. so many people walking around. planes and you could hijack a plane. does that concern you sort of that he was able to get as far as he did? >> well, erin, there's the tsa officers, my prayers go out to the family of the individual who died and the wounded people. but the t sa officers are not armed so they have no way realistically to deal...